Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished MysteryRussell, C. T. (Charles Taze)
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Studies in the Scriptures, Volume 7: The Finished Mystery
Russell, C. T. (Charles Taze)
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jehovah's witnesses -- Controversial literature
Saying, Holy, holy, holy, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY.—The Sinaitic MS.
repeats the word “holy” eight times. (See Rev. 4:3.) In the seventh
thousand‐year Day God will bring all things to perfection through The
Christ, yet it is the eighth Day that marks the complete separation from
the old order of things. The Jewish child was circumcised on the eighth
day (Luke 1:59; Phil. 3:5); seven days a sheep was to be with its dam, and
on the eighth given to the Lord (Exod. 22:30); the eighth day of the Feast
of Tabernacles was to be a holy convocation unto the Lord. (Lev. 23:36,
39.) In the eighth thousand‐year Day of mankind’s history on the earth,
circumcision of the heart will be complete in all, all the sheep will have
been turned over to the Father, and the holy convocation of eternity will
have begun, “the grand epoch when there shall be no more sighing, no more
crying, no more pain and no more dying, because God’s work of creation
shall then have been completed so far as this earth is concerned.”—F. 51.
Lord God Almighty.—Jehovah. This scene is located in Heaven, where even
the Son Himself is subject unto the Father.—1 Cor. 15:28.
Which was.—The great First Cause.
And is.—The great “I AM.”
And is to come.—And evermore shall be.
4:9. And when those beasts.—Justice, Power, Love and Wisdom.
Give.—Shall eternally continue to give, so the Greek indicates.
Glory and honor and thanks to Him that sat on the Throne.—Their united
testimony to the perfection of His character in all its attributes, as
they are now doing, since His Wisdom has been unveiled.
Who liveth for ever and ever, AMEN.—And will forever use those attributes
in the blessing of all the willing and obedient throughout the Universe.
4:10. The four and twenty elders.—The personifications of the messages of
the twenty‐four Prophets who foretold the coming Kingdom of God.
Fall down before Him that sat on the Throne.—Unitedly bear witness to His
perfect ability to foretell the future.
And worship Him that liveth for ever and ever, AMEN.—Magnify His perfect
Justice, Power, Love and Wisdom.
And cast.—Shall eternally continue to cast, so the Greek indicates.
Their crowns before the Throne, saying.—(1) _Enoch_ was the first of the
holy Prophets; and according to the Apostle Jude he prophesied of the
coming reign of Christ and His glorious Bride, to judge the world, saying:
“The Lord cometh with a myriad of His saints, to execute judgment.” (Jude
14, 15.) That there shall be such a glorious and blessed Judgment Day,
full of hope and joy for all the world, the Apostle Paul says is
definitely decreed in the counsels of God, “whereof He hath given
assurance,” grounds for confident, joyful anticipation, “unto all men.”
(Acts 17:31.) When that happy time comes, “the inhabitants of the world
will learn righteousness” (Isa. 26:9), and “the poor of the people will be
lifted up” (Psa. 72:2‐4, 12‐14.) It will be the long‐promised poor man’s
chance.
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